Braingle: 'Will There Ever Be Such Thing As a Time Machine?' Brain Teaser

Will There Ever Be Such Thing As a Time Machine?

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Puzzle ID:	#28116
Fun:	(2.62)
Difficulty:	(2.17)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	mufffin09
Corrected By:	Rurouniseishi

Megan was showing her friend Sarah around her laboratory. She took her for a tour around and stopped at the ''Time Machine''. She lectured Sarah, '' I have a fully capable time machine here, capable of going back to the Big Bang!'' Sarah was quite smart and had a lot of knowledge about history and science. She inspected the machine. It looked capable of time travel. Megan continued on with her story. ''I've even tried it once! I went back to the 1540's and met a man going north from Mexico. I asked him in Spanish what his name was. He said his name was Juan Ponce de Leon. I went north with him up to where Kansas might be today, and then returned to Mexico. Then, I came back home to 2006.'' Sarah replied ''Meg, what a convincing story, but not convincing enough! I know you're an actress, but today is not your day to act!'' How did Megan go wrong?

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puppylover1031 Jan 16, 2006	great teaser keep 'em coming
wizofaus Jan 16, 2006	Hah...who said there wasn't another Juan Ponce de Leon that did go as far north as Kansas! (Also, I can't imagine anyone outside North America being likely to have this level of detailed knowledge of Mexican history).
mufffin09 Jan 17, 2006	Of course! How do you think I knew!
SPUTNIK2 Jan 17, 2006	that was cool teaser, thanks
Winner4600 Jan 17, 2006	Being from where I am, I got it... Gr8 teaser!
tarheel Jan 17, 2006	I live in Florida, near St. Augustine, so this was really easy for me...
(user deleted) Jan 21, 2006	Surely Megan was wrong when she told her that it could go back to the "Big Bang". Unless my physics lessons were wrong, at the point of the big bang, there was nothing to go "to", seen as the universe was yet to be created. Confusing as it may be, its true (apparently anyway). Other than that, great stuff!
OldChinaHand Jan 27, 2006	It's always good to see someone is up on their history.
thimblenoggin Feb 28, 2006	If there were ever to be such a thing as a time machine wouldn't it have already have had existed? Wouldn't it have had had?